Jeffrey S. Leon

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Jeffrey S. Leon, L.S.M., FCIArb

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Areas of Practices

Class action

Commercial

Corporate

International

Additional Resources
(In Order Below)

Recent Experience as Counsel

Recent Recognitions

Publications and Presentations

List of Cases

Recent Experience as Counsel

  • Her Majesty the Queen in Right of British Columbia, in health-care cost recovery litigation from the tobacco industry (HMTQ v. PMI).
  • Defendants in litigation, alleging breach of fiduciary duties and fraud relating to several private family company transactions
  • Counsel to a foreign state owned entity in a $280-million international commercial arbitration against a Canadian company regarding a contractual dispute.
  • Provided advice to a well-known Canadian corporation, on corporate governance and shareholder rights issues
  • Representation of accounting firms and law firms in several proposed class actions involving claims based on reassessments by Revenue Canada of participants who invested in Canadian charitable tax shelter programs
  • Part of the litigation team representing the Provinces of New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and British Columbia, in actions to recover health care costs from national and international tobacco companies
  • Representation of an international Company in multi-party construction litigation, involving a significant Canadian industrial project
  • Representation of a Canadian public company, in context of litigation concerning a proxy contest and misconduct by senior and corporate officers
  • Provided litigation advice to a Canadian company, involved in U.S. litigation concerning misappropriation of intellectual property
  • Representation of Canadian, U.S. and European companies, in proposed class action and other litigation alleging product defects in the automotive parts industry, the aerospace industry and other industries
  • Representation of Expedia, in a consumer class action relating to fees charged to customers (obtaining a dismissal on a summary judgment application)
  • Provided advice and representation in litigation to beneficiaries of significant Estates, in relation to the validity of wills and related matters
  • Appeared in Court on behalf of numerous Canadian public companies, in relation to court approved plans of arrangement
  • Representation of a departed executive, in the context of high profile litigation alleging breach of fiduciary duty and misappropriation of confidential information
  • Provided advice to several clients, concerning coverage under directors and officers liability insurance policies
  • Representation of a European company, in a dispute relating to a pharmaceutical supply contract
  • Representation of several American companies, in class action litigation concerning alleged price fixing in the automobile parts industry
  • Representation of a significant Canadian company, in litigation concerning a departed senior executive
  • Conducted investigation on behalf of Special Committee of a Canadian public corporation, relating to conduct of executives
  • Representation of clients in a proceeding regarding the liquidation of Reliance Insurance Company of Canada
  • Representation of a major Canadian private company, in litigation brought by a former executive concerning his entitlements
  • Representation of a Receiver, in the Ontario Court of Appeal concerning issues arising in the context of an investigative receivership
  • Representation of a public company, in a court proceeding concerning the validity of an option agreement
  • Representation of a client in a confidential arbitration proceeding concerning alleged breach of a franchise arrangement
  • Provided advice to defendants in relation to a proposed shareholder class action concerning a takeover bid
  • Representation of Manulife, in a proposed class action concerning premiums charged under certain insurance policies
  • Representation of Schroder Ventures, in a proceeding concerning a claim for $650 million by Allen-Vanguard in relation to alleged fraudulent misrepresentation in a corporate transaction
  • Provided advice to and representation of the Special Committee of RuggedCom Inc., in a shareholders' rights plan and proposed O.S.C. proceeding
  • Providing advice to the independent committee of a Canadian public company, on various securities and governance issues
  • Providing advice and representation to a shareholder/director in the context of an oppression application and other litigation alleging an international conspiracy to defraud
  • Representation of two parties in lengthy litigation concerning the ownership of assets frozen in Hong Kong and the United States by a Mareva injunction, including allegations of international fraud, conspiracy and money laundering in taking Chinese companies public in North America
  • Independent counsel to the Review Committee of the National Hockey League Players' Association, concerning events within the Association
  • Representation of an appellant in the Ontario Court of Appeal concerning obligations of shareholders in the context of the exercise of a buy-sell provision in a shareholders agreement

Publications and Presentations

by Jeffrey S. Leon

Published Articles And Comments

  1. "Canada: Arbitration" (with Gannon G. Beaulne and Ethan Schiff), December 7, 2016, The In-House Lawyer, http://www.inhouselawyer.co.uk/index.php/practice-areas/arbitration/canada-arbitration/
  2. "What Canadians Need to Know When Choosing a Seat of International Arbitration: Advantages and Disadvantages of Onshore vs. Offshore Arbitration" (with Gannon G. Beaulne), February 2016, 1 Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Review, Volume 5, Number 1
  3. "Making up your mind: Trial litigation vs. Arbitration", (with Gannon G. Beaulne) (2015), 11 The Advocates' Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1 | Summer 2015
  4. "New good-faith duty of honesty in contractual performance", (with William A. Bortolin) (2015), Expert Guides Best of the Best 46

"A Fine Balance Being Tipped – A Review of the Ontario Securities Commission's Public Interest Jurisdiction" (with Carlo di Carlo), 2014, Corporate Liability, Volume XVIII, No. 3

"Update on Securities Class Actions in Ontario – We All Have Our Limits or Do We?" (with Preet Bell and Jonathan Bell), 2013, Corporate Liability, Volume XVIII, No. 2

"Some Recent Developments in U.S. M&A Litigation – Crossing the border may not be that difficult" (with Carlo J. di Carlo), 2013, Corporate Liability, Volume XVIII, No. 2

"Q: How Many Regulators Does it Take to Investigate? A: Sometimes Too Many - The Risks of Self-Incrimination in Cross-Jurisdictional Proceedings" (with Christiaan Jordaan), 2013,

Corporate Liability, Volume XVIII, No. 1

"Chapter 27: Internal Investigations", B. Reiter Directors' Duties in Canada (5th Ed) CCH, 2012

"Supreme Court Grants Enhanced Access to Justice for Victims of Cyberbullies" (with Ranjan Agarwal and Michael Paris) (2012), 10(1) Canadian Privacy Law Review, 1

"Discovering Ontario – An Increasingly Attractive Jurisdiction for the Resolution of Mass Investor Disputes" (with Daniel Holden), (July/August 2012) 33(4) Class Action Reports 448

"The State of Secondary Market Securities Class Actions in Canada: Our Top Ten Issues for the Courts" (with Michael E. Eizenga and Jonathan Bell) (2012), Volume IX, No. 1 Class Action 554

"Coping with Coventree: Material or Not Material Remains the Question" (with Carlo di Carlo) (2012) 17(2) Corporate Liability 1018

"Managing and Conducting Internal Company Investigations in A Rapidly Changing Regulatory and Litigation Environment: Best Practices lead to Best Results" (with Alan Gardner and Preet Bell), (2012) 17(2) Corporate Liability 1006

"Parallel Proceedings and Cross-Border Documentary Discovery" (with Michael Paris), (2011) 16(4) Corporate Liability 982

"Liability of Professionals in a Post-Financial Crisis Milieu: A 'Made in Canada' Tempered Response" (with Preet Bell) (2011), 16(3) Corporate Securities and Finance Law Report, 33

"Liability without Borders: The Challenge of Being a Director and Officer in a Global Economy:

Part II" (with Preet K. Bell) (2011) 16(2) Corporate Liability 958

"Liability without Borders: The Challenge of Being a Director and Officer in a Global Economy" (with Preet K. Bell) (2011) 16(1) Corporate Liability 942

"Reducing the Risks of Directors and Officers in Securities Class Action Litigation" (with Jonathan Bell) (2010), 15(4) Corporate Liability 430

"The Extent to Which Canadian Courts are 'Happy to Help': Recent Developments in Pre-Trial Judicial Support for Foreign Court Proceedings" (with Priya Sarin) (2010) 15(3) Corporate Liability 910

"Class Arbitration in Canada: The Legal and Business Case" (with Eric Hoaken and Rebecca Huang) (2010), 6(2) Canadian Class Action Review 383

"An Update on Securities Class Actions in Ontario: Focusing on the Big Picture Post-Imax" (Part II) (with Eric Hoaken and Jonathan Bell) (2010), 15(2) Corporate Liability 898

"An Update on Securities Class Actions in Ontario: Focusing on the Big Picture Post-Imax" (Part I) (with Eric Hoaken and Jonathan Bell) (2010), 15(1) Corporate Liability 886

"Keeping Your House Clean: Recent Developments in the Liability Exposure of In-House Counsel" (with Keir Wilmut) (2009), 14(4) Corporate Liability 870

"Pain and Promise: Lessons from the Collapse of the Third-Party ABCP Market In Canada" (with Shara Roy) (2009), Volume 14 Number 3 Corporate Securities and Finance Law Report, 41 June/August 2009

"Self-Represented Litigants" (with Laura Cooper) (2009), in Canadian Legal Practice – A Guide for the 21stCentury (A.M. Dodek and J.G. Hoskins, Q.C., Editors) LexisNexis Canada Inc., 2009, Chapter 15

"BCE Inc. v. 1976 Debentureholders and Canadian Corporate Directors' Duties Revisited: We're Not in Delaware Toto" (with Ranjan Agarwal) (2009), 14(2) Corporate Liability (834)

"An Update on Securities Class Actions in Ontario: The Importance of Making Sure the Gate is Working" (with Jonathan Bell) (2009), 14(1) Corporate Liability 822

"The Ontario Court of Appeal's Decision on the Flexibility of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act in the Restructuring of the Canadian Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Market" (with G. White) (2008), 25(4) National Insolvency Review 45

"Who needs the Derivative Action when you have the Oppression Remedy?" (with Albert Pelletier) (2008) 6(2) Commercial Litigation Review 13

"Implications of the Supreme Court of Canada's Decision in Kerr v. Danier Leather for Directors' and Officers' Liability" (with Jason Woycheshyn and Lindsay Bailey) (2008), 13(3) Corporate Liability 790

"Contract Trumps Tort, But Which One Comes Up Spades?", (with Shara Wright) (2008), 34 The Advocates' Quarterly 475

"The Court as Gatekeeper: Securities Class Actions and the New Role for the Court" (with T.J.

Adhihetty) (2007), 1(4) Class Action Defence Quarterly 45

"Giving Credit Where Credit is Due Process: The Consequences of Cooperation in an Ontario Securities Commission Investigation" (with Gregory W. MacKenzie) (2007), 12(4) Corporate Securities and Finance Law Report 41

"Sinking or Swimming in the Safe Harbour: The OSC's Proposed Policy 51-604 and the Business Judgment Rule" (with Keith Sutherland) (2007), 12(3) Corporate Liability 734

"The Oppression Remedy as a Response to Corporate Misconduct" Part II (with Sarah J. Armstrong) (2007), 5(3) Commercial Litigation Review 29

"The Oppression Remedy as a Response to Corporate Misconduct" Part I (with Sarah J. Armstrong) (2007), 5(2) Commercial Litigation Review 9

"Class Proceedings vs. Arbitration in Canada: Resolving Conflict and Developing Guidelines" (with Cheryl Dustin) (2006), 3 Canadian Class Action Review 603

"Strategic Uses of a Favoured Rule: Rule 49 Offers to Settle" (with Justice Giovanna Toscano Roccamo) (2006), 32 The Advocates' Quarterly 259

"Strategic Uses of a Neglected Rule: Rule 51 Requests to Admit" (with Justice Giovanna Toscano Roccamo) (2006), 32 The Advocates' Quarterly 247

"Business Judgment and Defensive Decision-making: Directors' and Officers' Duties and Responsibilities After Peoples" (with Sarah Armstrong) (2006), 11(3) Corporate Liability 678 and (2006) 12(1) Corporate Liability 712

"The Future of Securities Class Actions in Canada" (with Tracy Pratt and Sarah Armstrong) (2006), 4(1) Commercial Litigation Review 1

"A Battleground of Creativity: Using Corporate-Commercial Litigation to Define the Application of the Business Judgment Rule in Canada" (2006), LEXPERT Guide to the Leading 100 Creative Lawyers in Canada 106

"OSC/SEC Recent Developments of Importance" (with David Hausman) (2006), LEXPERT/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 581; The 2006/2007 LEXPERT CCCA/ACCJE Corporate Counsel Directory and Yearbook

"The Continental Divide: Recent Developments in Cross-Border Securities Investigations" (with David Hausman) (2005), LEXPERT Guide to the Leading 100 Canada/U.S. Cross-Border Litigators in Canada 46

"Preparing for the Road Ahead: Bill 198 and Secondary Market Disclosure" (2005), 10(4), Corporate Liability 632

"The 'Vanishing Trial': The College, The Profession, The Civil Justice System" (The Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of the Civil Trial of the American College of Trial Lawyers) (2005), 226 Federal Rules Decisions 414

"Interrelationship Between Civil Proceedings and Regulatory Proceedings: Current Issues from a Canadian Perspective" (2005), 10(3) Corporate Liability 606

"The Future of Securities Class Actions in Canada" (with Tracy A. Pratt and Sarah J. Armstrong) (2005), 26 Class Action Reports 420

"Can't you Hear the Whistle-blowing: Crisis Management When Wrongdoing is Discovered" (2005), 10(4) Corporate Liability 626

"Litigation in Canada" (with Sarah Armstrong) in Winning Legal Strategies: International Litigation, Aspatore (2005)

"Securities Class Action Update: The Market is Still Wide Open" (with Tracy Pratt and Sarah Armstrong) (2005), 3(4) Commercial Litigation Review 49

"Securities Litigation Bulletin - The Danier Leather Case" (with Tracy Pratt) (2004), 10(1) Corporate Liability 520

"A Win-Win Strategy for Corporate and Outside Counsel: Collaboration and Business Discipline in Providing Legal Services" (with Roxanne McCormick, Douglas Scott and Howard Kaufman) (2004), 13:8 Canadian Corporate Counsel 113

"Case Management" (with Sarah J. Armstrong) (2004), 29 The Advocates' Quarterly 223

"Shareholder Litigation: Forum for Multi-jurisdictional Disputes" (with Rikin Mozaria) (2004), 9(2) Corporate Liability 522

"Shareholder Litigation: Litigation from Corporate Reorganizations" (with Rikin Mozaria) (2003), 9(1) Corporate Liability 506

"Shareholder Litigation: Litigation from Contested Take-over Bids" (with Rikin Mozaria) (2003), 8(4) Corporate Liability 490

"Shareholder Litigation: Directors' Conflicts of Interest" (with Rikin Morzaria) (2003), 8(3) Corporate Liability 478

"In the Market for Fraud and Other Corporate Failures: Recent Developments and Securities-Related Class Actions in Canada" (with Sarah J. Armstrong) (2003) 27 The Advocates' Quarterly 259

"Securities Litigation: Recent Developments of Importance" (with David A. Hausman) 2003 LEXPERT/American Lawyer Media Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, 399; 2004 LEXPERT Directory of Leading Canadian Law Firms and Practitioners B-1; The LEXPERT CCCA/ACCJE Corporate Counsel Directory

"The Relevance of the Oppression Remedy as a Control on Corporate Governance in Canada" (with Sarah J. Armstrong) (2003) 27 The Advocates' Quarterly 402

"When Long Becomes Too Long: Legal Culture and Litigators' Views on Long Civil Trials" (with Ronit Dinovitzer) (2001), 19 The Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 106

"Licensing Regulation and Discipline of Physicians: Alberta" (with Tracy Pratt and Lydia Wakulowsky) in The Physician's Legal Manual (S.B. Kidd, Editor) Montgomery Publications Limited, 1996, page 409

"Licensing Regulation and Discipline of Physicians: British Columbia" (with Tracy Pratt and Lydia Wakulowsky) The Physician's Legal Manual (S.B. Kidd, Editor) Montgomery Publications Limited, 1996, page 502

"Licensing Regulation and Discipline of Physicians: Manitoba" (with Tracy Pratt and Lydia Wakulowsky) The Physician's Legal Manual (S.B. Kidd, Editor) Montgomery Publications Limited, 1996, page 505

"Licensing Regulation and Discipline of Physicians: New Brunswick" (with Tracy Pratt and Lydia Wakulowsky) The Physician's Legal Manual (S.B. Kidd, Editor) Montgomery Publications Limited, 1996, page 508

"Licensing Regulation and Discipline of Physicians: Newfoundland" (with Tracy Pratt and Lydia Wakulowsky) The Physician's Legal Manual (S.B. Kidd, Editor) Montgomery Publications Limited, 1996, page 513

"Licensing Regulation and Discipline of Physicians: Nova Scotia" (with Tracy Pratt and Lydia Wakulowsky) The Physician's Legal Manual (S.B. Kidd, Editor) Montgomery Publications Limited, 1996, page 516

"Licensing Regulation and Discipline of Physicians: Ontario" (with Tracy Pratt and Lydia Wakulowsky) The Physician's Legal Manual (S.B. Kidd, Editor) Montgomery Publications Limited, 1996, page 520

"Licensing Regulation and Discipline of Physicians: Prince Edward Island" (with Tracy Pratt and Lydia Wakulowsky) The Physician's Legal Manual (S.B. Kidd, Editor) Montgomery Publications Limited, 1996, page 529

"Licensing Regulation and Discipline of Physicians: Saskatchewan" (with Tracy Pratt and Lydia Wakulowsky) The Physician's Legal Manual (S.B. Kidd, Editor) Montgomery Publications Limited, 1996, page 534

"Recent Developments Relating to Applications" (1995), 17 The Advocates' Quarterly 451 "Practice Notes: Alexander v. Alexander" (1989), 4 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 135 "Practice Notes" (1988), 2 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 431

"The Wisdom of Solomon: A Comment on Frame v. Smith" (1988), 3 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 397

"Practice Notes" (1988), 3 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 405

"Valuing Pension Benefits under the Family Law Act, 1986: Porter v. Porter and Demchuk v.

Demchuk" (with Ian J.T. Cross) (1987), 1 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 139

"The Developing Concept of Net Family Property: A Commentary on MacKay v. MacKay, Gies

v. Gies, Schaefer v. Schaefer, Skrlj v. Skrlj, Folga v. Folga, Kelly v. Kelly, de Champlain v. de Champlain and McCutcheon v. McCutcheon" (with Katherine Higginson) (1986-1987), 1 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 249

Practice Notes: "An Overview of Recent Ontario Cases" (1986-1987), 1 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 146

Practice Notes: "An Overview of Recent Ontario Cases" (1986-1987), 1 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 261

"Sorochan v. Sorochan" (with Mona Anis) (1986-1987), 2 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 119

"Victims' Legal Remedies: Righting the Criminal Wrong" (with John Hagan) in Hagan, Victims before the Law: the Organizational Domination of Criminal Law, Butterworths, 1983

"The Rehabilitation of Law: A Social-Historical Comparison of Probation in Canada and the United States" (with John Hagan) (1980), 5 Canadian Journal of Sociology 235

"Canadian Children: Prospects for Legal Rights and Representation" (1979), 2 Family Law Review 16

"Post Sentencing Problems: Some Consequences of a Finding of Guilt in Criminal Cases" (1979), 21 Criminal Law Quarterly 318

"Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Sociological Jurisprudence and the Canadian Bill of Rights" (1978), 36 University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review 222

"Recent Developments in the Legal Representation of Children: A Growing Concern with the Concept of Capacity" (1978), 1 Canadian Journal of Family Law 375

"Kids, Counsel and Courts: Representation of a Previously Unrepresented" (1978), 2 Canadian Legal Aid Bulletin 381

"Crass Conflict: A Reply to Lauderdale and Larson" (with John Hagan) (1978), 43 American Sociological Review 925

"Drug Offences and Discharges in Canada: The Need for Reform" (1977), 35 University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review 38

"Rediscovering Delinquency: Social History Political Ideology and the Sociology of Law" (with John Hagan) (1977) 42 American Sociological Review 587. Reprinted in Crime in Canadian Society (2nd Edition) R.A. Silverman and J. Teevan, Editors, Butterworths 1980 and in Readings in Juvenile Delinquency, G.F. Jensen and D.J. Rojek, Editors, 1981

"Reconsidering the Police Role: A Challenge to a Challenge of a Popular Conception" (with Clifford D. Shearing) (1977), 19 Canadian Journal of Criminology and Corrections 331

"Rights, Fairness and Effectiveness in Canada and the United States: Counsel and Client in the Criminal Process" (1977), 20 Criminal Law Quarterly 29

"Trends in Drug Use Among Young People in Oshawa: Prevalence and Responses" (1977), 25(3) Canada's Mental Health 6

"The Development of Canadian Juvenile Justice: A Background for Reform" (1977), 15 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 71

"Legal Representations and the Proposed Young Persons in Conflict with the Law Act" (with Katherine Catton) (1977), 15 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 107

"Alcohol and Drug Related Deaths in Toronto and Vancouver; a Comparison" (1978), 55(1) University of Toronto Medical Journal 16; Non-Medical Use of Drugs Directorate, Health and Welfare Canada, 1977

"The Philosophy and Sociology of Crime Control: Canadian-American Comparisons" (with John Hagan) (1977), 47 Sociological Inquiry 181. Reprinted in Harry Johnson Social Systems and Legal Process, Jossey Bass, 1978

"New and Old themes in Canadian Juvenile Justice: The Origins of Juvenile Justice Legislation and the Prospects for Recognition of Children's Rights" [1977-88] Interchange 151. Reprinted in

Children's Rights: Legal and Educational Issues (H. Berkeley, C. Gaffield and W.G. West,

Editors) Ontario Institute for Studies and Education, 1978

"Methodology and the Law: Problems Associated with Coroners' Data on Alcohol and Drug-Related Death" (1978) 2 Legal Medical Quarterly 29; Non-Medical Use of Drugs Directorate, Health and Welfare Canada, 1977

Book Review of "Sentencing" (Clayton Ruby, Butterworths (1976)) (1977), 35 University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review 276

"Public Policy and Judicial Perspectives in Two Canadian Cities: The Case of Heroin" (1976), 6 Journal of Drug Issues 172

Book Review of "Police Command: Decisions and Discretion" (Brian A. Grosman, MacMillan 1975)) (1976), 34 University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review 295


Books

Ontario Civil Court Forms (with David Rosenbaum), Carswell, 1993

Rules Review: Summaries of cases decided under the Rules of Civil Procedure (with M.J. Round and M.B. Birnberg), Butterworths, 1987


PAPERS PRESENTED1

  1. "Civility: An Important Tool of the Advocate's Trialcraft" (with Kirsten Thoreson), 2015 Commercial Bar Association, North American Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 2015

  2. "Offshore Arbitration Jurisdictions" (with Gannon Beaulne), 2015 Commercial Bar Association, North American Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 2015

"International Arbitration v International Litigation: Myth and Reality", 2014 Commercial Bar Association North American Meeting, Seville, May 2014

"Update on Securities Class Actions in Ontario – We All Have Our Limits or Do We?" (with Preet Bell and Jonathan Bell), The Law Society of Upper Canada, Securities Law Update 2013, November 2013

"Special Committees to the Board: When, Why and How?", CBA Legal Conference, Saskatoon, August 18-20, 2013

"Q: How Many Regulators Does it Take to Investigate? A: Sometimes Too Many - The Risks of Self-Incrimination in Cross-Jurisdictional Proceedings", 2013 Commercial Bar Association North American Meeting, Vancouver, May 30, 2013

1 Many of the Papers were subsequently published and are listed in the prior section.

"Assessing the evolving landscape of cross-border litigation" (with Michael A. Eizenga),

Benchmark Canada Cross-Border Litigation Forum, New York, September 27, 2012

"On the Oppression Remedy", presentation at Central West Judge's Education Seminar, Langdon Hall, Cambridge, Ontario September 6, 2012

"Discovering Ontario – An Increasingly Attractive Jurisdiction for the Resolution of Mass Investor Disputes", Commercial Bar Association North American Meeting 2012, Istanbul, June 7-9, 2012

"Class Actions Without Borders", The Advocates' Society International Conference, Buenos Aires, April 2012

"Managing and Conducting Internal Company Investigations in a Rapidly Changing Regulatory and Litigation Environment: Best Practices Lead to Best Results", Emerging Issues in Directors' and Officers' Liability, The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, March 1, 2012

"Parallel Proceedings and Cross-Border Documentary Discovery", 2011 Spring Symposium, The Advocates' Society and The American College of Trial Lawyers, May 12, 2011

"Liability of Professionals in a Post-Financial Crisis Milieu: A 'Made in Canada' Tempered Response", Commercial Bar Association North American Meeting 2011, British Virgin Islands, April 14-16, 2011

"Liability without Borders: The Challenge of Being a Director and Officer in a Global Economy", 7th Annual Directors' and Officers' Liability Course, Federated Press, Calgary, April 11-12, 2011

"Liability without Borders: The Challenge of Being a Director and Officer in a Global Economy", 6thAnnual Directors' and Officers' Liability Course, Federated Press, Toronto, March 22-23, 2011

"Reducing the Risks of Directors and Officers in Securities Class Action Litigation", Securities Litigation & Enforcement Conference, The Canadian Institute, Toronto, October 19-20, 2010

"The Extent to Which Canadian Courts Will Provide Injunctive Support for Foreign Court Proceedings", Commercial Bar Association North American Meeting 2010, Lisbon, June 4, 2010

"An Update on Securities Class Actions in Ontario: Focusing on the Big Picture Post-IMAX", 5th Annual Directors' and Officers' Liability Course – New Liability in the Current Regulatory Environment, Federated Press, Toronto, March 2-3, 2010

"Overview of Recent Developments in the Liability Exposure of In-House Counsel", Managing the Liability Risk of In-House Counsel, Federated Press, Toronto, October 21-22, 2009

"Selected Issues in Canada-United States Cross Border Litigation", The Twelve-Minute Civil Litigator 2009, Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, September 23, 2009

"An Update on Securities Class Actions in Ontario: Is this as Good as it Gets", Canadian Institute's 10th Annual National Forum on Class Actions Litigation, Toronto, September 23-24, 2009

"Pain and Promise – Lessons from the Collapse of the Third-Party ABCP Market in Canada",

Commercial Bar Association North American Meeting 2009, Chicago, May 29, 2009

"Pain and Promise – Lessons from the Collapse of the Third-Party ABCP Market in Canada", 8thAnnual Advanced Institute on Securities Litigation and Enforcement, Canadian Institute, Toronto, April 20 & 21, 2009

"An Update on Securities Class Actions in Ontario: The Importance of Making Sure the Gate is Working", Directors' & Officers' Liability – New Liability Risks in the Current Regulatory Environment, Federated Press, Toronto, March 9 & 10, 2009

"An Update on Securities Class Actions in Ontario: The Importance of Making Sure the Gate is Working", 19th Annual Securities Superconference, Canadian Institute, February 2009

"Implications of the Supreme Court of Canada's Decision in Kerr v. Danier Leather for Directors' and Officers' Liability", Directors' and Officers' Liability – New Liability Risks in the Current Regulatory Environment, Federated Press, Toronto, March 26 & 27, 2008

"Implications of the Supreme Court of Canada's Decision in Kerr v. Danier Leather for Directors' and Officers' Liability", Directors' and Officers' Liability – New Securities Liability Risks in the Current Regulatory Environment, Federated Press, Calgary, January 16 & 17, 2008

"Parallel Claims in Contract and Tort – Do They Make a Difference", Torts Update 2007, Law Society of Upper Canada, December 12, 2007

"Giving Credit Where Credit is Due Process: The Consequences of Cooperation in an Ontario Securities Commission Investigation", 17th Annual Securities Superconference, Canadian Institute, February 2007

"Sinking or Swimming in the Safe Harbour: The OSC's Proposed Policy 51-604 and the Business Judgment Rule", Osgoode Professional Development Program, Canadian Securities Law Update, January 2007

"The Court as Gatekeeper: Securities Class Actions and the New Role for the Court" (with TJ Adhihetty) 6th Annual Securities Litigation Forum, Canadian Institute, November 2006

"Piling On: Multiple Avenues for Relief in Response to Corporate Misconduct", LexisNexis 3rd Annual Commercial Litigation Conference, February 2006

"Business Judgment and Defensive Decision-Making: Directors and Officers Duties and Responsibilities after Peoples", 16thAnnual Securities Superconference, Canadian Institute, February 2006

"Crisis Management: What to do When Wrongdoing Has Been Discovered", Regulatory Investigations: Effectively Managing Your Client's Exposure, Osgoode Professional Development Program, June 2005

"Preparing for the Road Ahead: Bill 198 and Secondary Market Disclosure" Securities Litigation Forum, Insight, June 2005

"Interrelationship Between Civil Proceedings and Regulatory Proceedings: Current Issues from a Canadian Perspective”, The Commercial Bar Association, April 2005

"Changes to Case Management: What it Means to Your Practice", Selective Case Management,

The Advocates' Society and The Law Society of Upper Canada, February 2005

"Securities Class Actions Update: The Market is Still Wide Open" (with Sarah Armstrong and Tracy Pratt), 15th Annual Securities Superconference, The Canadian Institute, February 2005

"Don't Cart Away Mithras" (with David A. Hausman) Fourth Annual Advance Forum on Securities Litigation, The Canadian Institute, November 2004

"Opening Remarks", Task Force on Advocacy Policy Forum, The Advocates' Society, February 2004

"Protecting the Public Interest and Promoting Fairness in the Regulation of Ontario Capital Markets”, Fall Convention, The Advocates' Society, November 2001

"The Use of Cease Trade Orders in the Context of Securities Litigation" (with William P. Georgas), The Six Minute Commercial Advocate, The Law Society of Upper Canada, October 2001

"Civil Procedure: A Review of Selected Recent Developments in Civil Procedure", (with Rene Zanin), Operation Update, Canadian Bar Association – Ontario, September 2000

"Are Class Actions an Effective Way of Dealing with Corporate Misconduct?", Corporate Litigation Update, The Law Society of Upper Canada, November 1999

"The Contested Takeover Bid", The Law of Injunctions: An Update, Canadian Bar Association – Ontario, June 1999

"What's With Long Trials? The Advocates' Society Survey", Fall Convention, The Advocates' Society, November 1998

"Release of Health Records with Patient Consent; Release without Consent" Confidentiality of Health Records in Ontario, Medical Educational Services Inc., October 1997

"Release of Health Records with Patient Consent; Release without Consent" Confidentiality of Health Records in Ontario, Medical Educational Services Inc., October 1996

"Class Actions in the United States and Canada", Products Liability in Canada, Insight, March 1996

"Class Proceedings: New Direction for Securities Litigation" (with Maureen Helt), Shareholder and Securities Litigation, Insight, December 1995

"Recent Developments in Civil Procedure", Operation Update, Canadian Bar Association – Ontario, September 1995

"Regulation of Professionals and Disciplinary Hearings: A Practical Course", The Appeals Process, Infonex, June 1995

"Recent Developments Relating to Applications", Judgment Without Trial, Law Society of Upper Canada, May 1995

"A Review of Selected Recent Developments in Civil Procedure", Operation Update, Canadian Bar Association-Ontario, September 1991

"The Oppression Remedy: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms of Corporate Law" (with Kevin D. Lee), Shareholders Remedies, Insight, February 1990

"Internal Reports: Disclosure Issues", Protecting the Confidentiality of Business Information, Federated Press, October 1988

"Intermediaries: An Overview of the Liabilities of Freight Forwarders and Couriers" (with George J. Karayannides) Cargo Transportation, Canadian Bar Association-Ontario, May 1987

"Officeholders in the Municipal Context: Reconciling Rights with Realities" (with Faryl A. Hausman) Personnel and Labour Relations Issues in the Modern Municipal Corporation, Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, 1986

"Collections, Summary Judgments and Undefended Divorces", An Introduction to the New Rules of Civil Procedure for Solicitors, Canadian Bar Association-Ontario, January/February 1985

"The Aborted Transaction: How to prepare for it and what to do about it" (with Claude R. Thomson) The Three R's: Real Remedies for Real Problems in Real Property Practice, Canadian Bar Association-Ontario, November 1981

"Practical Problems Associated with Breach of Contract: Repudiation and Election of Remedies" (with Claude R. Thomson), Spring Convention, The Advocates' Society, 1981

"Lawyers in the Juvenile Justice System", Children and the State, Conference Proceedings, School of Social Work, Carleton University, (S.J. Albert, Editor), 1978


PANEL DISCUSSIONS2

  1. "Fireside Chat with The Honourable Eleanore A. Cronk", The Advocates' Society 18th Annual Spring Symposium, Toronto, April 24, 2019
  2. "Objection, Your Honour!", The Advocates' Society – Civil Litigation Skills Certificate Program, Toronto, June 27, 2016

2 Several of the papers presented at these Panel Discussions are listed in the prior section.

  1. "Innovative Solutions to Resolving Commercial Disputes", Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Arbitration Place, Toronto, April 14, 2015
  2. "Shining a Spotlight on Arbitration and Mediation", The Advocates' Society, Toronto, April 14, 2015

"Drafting Motion Materials" (with Ranjan K. Agarwal), CBA Skilled Lawyer Series Programs (Webinar), Canadian Bar Association, February 20, 2014

"Corporate Governance: Beyond the Basics", Bennett Jones Webinar Live Event, September 24, 2013

"Special Committees to the Board: When, Why and How?", CBA Legal Conference, Saskatoon, August 18-20, 2013

"Corporate Governance: Beyond the Basics, Directors' Duties in Canada, 5th Edition", Bennett Jones Webinar Live Event, February 11, 2013

"Class Actions Without Borders", The Advocates' Society International Conference, Buenos Aires, April 2012

"New Areas in Development: Ethical Considerations Such as Third Party Funding, Arbitration and New Models to Address Personal Injury Claim", The 2011 OBA Class Action Colloquium, Toronto, December 1, 2011

"Certification Motions – Historical Perspective", 2011 Northwind Class Action Invitational Forum, Cambridge, Ontario, June 21, 2011

"Effective Strategies for Cross-Border Discovery Challenges", The Advocates' Society 10thAnnual Spring Symposium, Toronto, May 12, 2011

"Reducing the Risks of Directors and Officers in Securities Class Action Litigation: Ensuring Good Governance, Strong Compliance Programs and Appropriate D&O Coverage", The Canadian Institute's 9thAnnual Advanced Forum on Securities Litigation and Enforcement, Toronto, October 19, 20, 2010

"The Extent to Which Canadian Courts Will Provide Injunctive Support for Foreign Court Proceedings", Commercial Bar Association North American Meeting 2010, Lisbon, June 4, 2010

"The Judges Speak (Part I and Part II): Key Tips for Making Your Case (or Breaking Your Opponent's); Current Trends and Reading the Tea Leaves", Litigating Commercial Disputes, Osgoode Professional Development, June 15-16, 2010

"Advocacy Advice from the Bench", 2010 Spring Symposium, The Advocates' Society and The American College of Trial Lawyers, May 28, 2010

"Advocacy Challenges and Strategies for Dealing with More than one Regulator at Once", The Real Battleground in Securities Litigation: Advocacy Outside the Hearing Room, The Advocates' Society, April 22, 2010

"Securities Class Actions: Strategic Considerations for Special Circumstances", The Canadian Institute's 10th Annual National Forum on Class Actions Litigation, September 23-24, 2009

"Where's Waldo Stuff? Chasing Assets Around a Wired World – Setting Up/Knocking Down Asset Protection Structures", Osgoode Professional Development, June 16, 2009

"Legal Issues Arising out of the Global Financial Crisis – Who is in the Firing Line? Potential Defendants, Potential Claims and Potential Pitfalls", The Commercial Bar Association North American Meeting 2009, May 29, 2009

"Legal Issues Arising out of the Global Financial Crisis – Does the Law have a Role in Sorting out the Mess?", The Commercial Bar Association North American Meeting 2009, May 29, 2009

"Ethical Dilemmas Confronting Trial Lawyers", 2009 Spring Symposium, The Advocates' Society and the American College of Trial Lawyers, May 8, 2009

"Managing the Litigation Risk Arising from Novel and Complex Products and Securities", 8thAnnual Advanced Institute on Securities Litigation and Enforcement, The Canadian Institute, April 20-21, 2009

"Critical Developments in Securities Litigation, Class Actions and Settlements", 19th Annual Securities Superconference, The Canadian Institute, February 18, 2009

"Top Ten Supreme Court of Canada Cases (Commercial)", The Advocates' Society Fall Convention, November 19, 2008

"Directors' & Officers' Rights, Obligations and Liabilities in a New Governance Environment", 6th Annual Commercial Insolvency and Restructuring Conference, Insight, October 17, 2008

"Law Firm Pro Bono 101 – Best Practices", 2nd National Pro Bono Conference, September 18, 2008 (Vancouver)

"Judges' Panel: Key Tips for Making Your Case (or Breaking Your Opponent's)", Litigating Commercial Damages, Osgoode Professional Development, June 11, 2008

"Evidentiary Lessons from AIT", A Guide to Securities Regulatory Proceedings: What Civil Lawyers Need to Know, The Advocates' Society, May 22, 2008

"Advocacy Before the Ontario Securities Commission: Helpful Tips", The Advocates' Society, May 22, 2008

"Critical Development in Securities Litigation, Class Actions and Settlements", 18th Annual Securities Superconference, The Canadian Institute, February 2008

"Comparing Enforcement Approaches: Does a Border Make a Difference?", Dialogue with the OSC 2007, Ontario Securities Commission, November 27, 2007

"The Latest on Jurisdiction", Spring Symposium 2007 – Doing Justice to Your Case: Excellence in Advocacy, The Advocates' Society and American College of Trial Lawyers, May 2007

"Cutting Edge Development in Securities Litigation, Class Actions and Settlements", 17thAnnual Securities Superconference, The Canadian Institute, February 2007

"Secondary Market Disclosure One Year Later: What You Need to Know", Canadian Securities Law Update, Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development, January 2007

"The Closely Held Company Breakdown Part II: Accounting and Valuation Issues", Litigating Shareholder Disputes, Osgoode Professional Development, December 2006

"Gaining the Most for your client Through Working with the Regulators: The Capital Markets Enforcement Panel", 6thAnnual Securities Litigation Forum, Canadian Institute, November 2006

"Securities Class Actions: Looking into the Crystal Ball", 6thAnnual Securities Litigation Forum, Canadian Institute, November 2006

"Responding to the Needs of Unrepresented Litigants: A Call to Action", Into the Future: the Agenda for Civil Justice Reform Conference, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, May 2006

The Second Annual Advanced Roundtable in Administrative Law, Law Society of Upper Canada, May 2006

"Special Ops and Tactical Tools: Requests to Admit and Strategic Uses of Settlement Offers" Sharpening the Sword: Tactics and Strategies for Lock n 'Load Litigation, Ontario Bar Association, March 2006

"Focus on the Witness", Windsor Court House Series, The Advocates' Society, February 2006

"Capital Markets Enforcement Update: The Regulators Speak", 5th Annual Advanced Forum on Securities Litigation, The Canadian Institute, November 2005

"Law Partnering", Introduction to the Law Department Purchasing Consortium Greater New York Chapter of Association of Corporate Counsel, September 2005

"Significant Developments in Restructuring Landscape: Review of the Stelco Restructuring",

Commercial Insolvency & Restructuring, Insight, September 2005

"Parallel Proceedings: Issues in Related Civil, Regulatory and Criminal Proceedings", Spring Symposium 2005: Excellence in Advocacy, The Advocates' Society and the American College of Trial Lawyers, May 2005

"Securities Litigation: What You Need to Know About Class Actions and Settlements",

15thAnnual Securities Superconference, The Canadian Institute, February 2005

"Focus on Argument", Hamilton Court House Series, The Advocates' Society, February 2005

"Imposing Harsher Penalties and Sanctions: The Impact of New Developments on Litigation and Settlements", Canadian Institute Advanced Forum on Securities Litigation, November 2004

"Professional Issues Panel", Civil Litigation Updated 2003, Practical Skills for the Litigator,

County of Carleton Law Association, Montebello Conference, November 2003

"Corporate Governance", Corporate Governance and Beyond, Eversheds and Hawksmere, London, England, November 2003

"The Regulator as Policymaker, Enforcer and Adjudicator", The Tenth Queen's Annual Business Law Symposium, October 2003

"Responding to Foreign Claims and Judgment", Cross-Border Litigation, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, September 2003

"If it Please the Court: Effective Openings and Closings", Spring Symposium: The Art of Science of Trial Advocacy, The American College of Trial Lawyers and The Advocates' Society, May 2003

"Brave New World: Securities Litigation and Enforcement", Shareholder Rights and Remedies, Ontario Bar Association, February 2003

"What Civil Litigators Should Learn from the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases", What Civil Litigators Need to Know About Criminal Law, Law Society of Upper Canada, January 2003

"Professional Issues Panel", Civil Litigation Updated 2002, Practical Skills for the Litigator,

County of Carleton Law Association, Montebello Conference, November 2002

"Employment and Commercial Law Damages Assessment Panel", Civil Litigation Updated 2002: Practical Skills for the Litigator, County of Carleton Law Association, Montebello Conference, November 2002

"Partnering: The DuPont Model", 2002 Law Firm Senior Officers' and Directors' Forum, Atlas Information (Canada), June 2002

"The Importance of the Preliminaries - Strategy in the Early Stages of an Action", Spring Symposium on Litigation Strategy: The Art and Science of Civil Litigation, American College of Trial Lawyers and The Advocates' Society, May 2002

"Commercial Litigation Surrounding Mergers and Acquisitions", Commercial Litigation, Insight, May 2002

"Pre-Hearing Matters: Interim Relief and Pre-Hearing Conferences", Administrative Law and Practice: Beyond the Basics, Law Society of Upper Canada, March 2002

"Creative Ways to Organize the Trial and Call Evidence in a Complex Case”, Simplifying Complex Litigation, The Advocates' Society, April 2001

"Professional Discipline" Suing and Defending Professionals, Law Society of Upper Canada, December 1998, "Making the Most of Your Pre-Trial", Civil Litigation Forum, Law Society of Upper Canada, November 2000

"Lawyer to Lawyer", Civility in the Legal Profession: A Policy Forum, The Advocates' Society, 2000

"Managing the Long Trial: Management of Charter Applications and Long Civil Trials", National Judicial Institute Superior Court of Justice Spring Educational Seminar, May 1999

"Public Contribution to Funding and Treatment of Adverse Outcomes in Industry Sponsored Research", Pharmaceutical Symposium, University of Toronto Office of Research Services, September 1998

"Conflicts of Interest Raised by a Bank's Multiple Roles: The Risks of "One Stop Shopping", 3rd Annual Forum on Banking Litigation, Canadian Institute, April 1998

"Banks as Financial and Investment Advisors and Other Prime Sources of Liability", 2nd Annual Forum on Banking Litigation, Canadian Institute, March 1997

"Discovery and the "Litigation Crisis" - Does Discovery have a future?", Mastering Discovery, Law Society of Upper Canada, June 1994


Conferences / Seminars – Chair, Organization Committee

“Trial from A to Z”, The Advocates’ Society, Toronto, May 11, 2017

"7th Annual Directors' and Officers' Liability Course", Federated Press, Calgary, April 11-12, 2011

"6th Annual Directors' and Officers' Liability Course", Federated Press, Toronto, March 22-23, 2011 (Toronto)

"Litigating Commercial Disputes", Osgoode Professional Development, June 15-16, 2010

"Mastering the Art of Advocacy", The Advocates' Society and the American College of Trial Lawyers Spring Symposium, May 28, 2010

"The Real Battleground in Securities Litigation: Advocacy outside the Hearing Room", The Advocates' Society, April 22, 2010

"5th Annual Directors' and Officers' Liability Course – New Liability Risks in the Current Regulatory Environment", Federated Press, Toronto (March 2-3, 2010)

"Managing the Liability Risk of In-House Counsel", Federated Press, Toronto (October 21-22, 2009)

"Setting Up/Knocking Down Asset Protection Structures", Osgoode Professional Development, June 16, 2009

"Advocacy in Changing Times", The Advocates' Society and the American College of Trial Lawyers Spring Symposium, May 8, 2009

"4th Annual Directors' and Officers' Liability Course – New Liability Risks in the Current Regulatory Environment", Federated Press, March 9 and 10, 2009 (Toronto)

"Litigating Commercial Damages", Osgoode Professional Development, June 10, 2008

"A Guide to Securities Regulatory Proceedings: What Civil Lawyers Need to Know", The Advocates' Society, May 22, 2008

"Trials and Tribulations: The Practical Advocate", The Advocates' Society and the American College of Trial Lawyers Spring Symposium, May 2, 2008

"Directors and Officers Liability -- New Liability Risks in the Current Regulatory Environment", Federated Press, January 16 & 17, 2008 (Calgary) and March 26 & 27, 2008 (Toronto)

Sixth Annual Advanced Forum on Securities Litigation, Canadian Institute, November 2006

"Advanced Litigation Skills Certificate Program: Advanced Practical Advocacy", The Advocates' Society, December 2005

"Rule Traps and Triumphs: Rule Driven Strategies to Achieve Success Before and at Trial", The Advocates' Society, January 2005

DuPont Primary Law Firm Network Border Conference, May 2001 The Advocates' Society Fall Convention, November 2000 (Co-Chair)

"Advocacy in the 21st Century", The Advocates' Society Spring Symposium, June 2000 The Advocates' Society Fall Convention, November 1999 (Co-Chair)

"Agents and Fiduciaries…The ties that bind…Most of the time" (with Margaret A. Ross, Co-Chair), The Law Society of Upper Canada, April 1999

The Advocates' Society Fall Convention, November 1998 (Co-Chair)

American Society of Law and Medicine, Third International Conference on Health Law and Ethics, Toronto, July 1992

Connaught Programme on Family Law and Social Welfare, Seminar on the Child and the Courts, November 1976


Newspaper and Magazine Articles

"Round II to the Provinces: Quebec Court of Appeal Rejects Canadian Securities Act as Unconstitutional" (with Ranjan Agarwal, Preet Bell, Scott Bower), Ultimate Corporate Counsel Guide (2011) 52 p. 1

"Round II to the Provinces: Quebec Court of Appeal Rejects Canadian Securities Act as Unconstitutional" (with Ranjan Agarwal, Preet Bell, Scott Bower), CCH – Canadian Securities Law News, May 2011, No. 208

"Movin' on up: effective motion advocacy" (with Ranjan Agarwal), Canadian Lawyer Magazine, May 23, 2011, http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/movin-on-up-effective-motion-advocacy.html

"Clarifying the Law for Director's Duties" (with Ranjan Agarwal), Canadian Insurance Business Magazine, November 2009, p. 27

"State of Securities Class Actions" (with Jonathan Bell), Canadian Insurance Business Magazine, http://www.cdnins.com/claimsandlegal/claimsandlegal_080909_08.html

"Now's the Time" (Need for a Canadian Securities Commission), National Post, April 2, 2008, page FP15

"SCC to Consider Business Judgment Rule", The Lawyers' Weekly, February 16, 2007, page 16 "Saying Yes to No Contest" (with Cheryl Dunsten), National Post, February 14, 2006, page FP 19 "A Perception of Bias", Financial Post, June 24, 2003, page FP 11

"A Better Process", Financial Post, April 17, 2002, page FP 17 "Fair Process Needed", Financial Post, April 16, 2002, page FP 15 "A Plea for Balance", Financial Post, November 28, 2000, page C19

"New Rules Cases for all Stages of Litigation" [The New Civil Procedure] (1986), 5:44 Ontario Lawyers Weekly, page 21

"New Rules Cases for all Stages of Litigation" [The New Civil Procedure] (1986), 5:48 Ontario Lawyers Weekly, page 16

"Innovations appear in New Rules Cases" [The New Civil Procedure] (1986), 5:40 Ontario Lawyers Weekly, page 24

"Cases Clarify Parties, Pleadings, Privilege" [The New Civil Procedure] (1986), 5:36 Ontario Lawyers Weekly, page 27

"The End of Year One for the New Rules" [The New Civil Procedure] (1985), 5:31 Ontario Lawyers Weekly, page 12

"The Courts and the Rules in their first Seven Weeks" [The New Civil Procedure] (1985), 4:15 Ontario Lawyers Weekly, page 12

"Proper Parties and Pre-Trial Disclosure" [The New Civil Procedure] (1985), 5:23 Ontario Lawyers Weekly, page 16

"New Rules Give Scope to Discovery Process" [The New Civil Procedure] (1985), 5:27 Ontario Lawyers Weekly, page 16

"More Comparison of New and Former Rules" [The New Civil Procedure] (1985), 5:11 Ontario Lawyers Weekly, page 16

"Involving Non-Parties in Ongoing Litigation" [The New Civil Procedure] (1985), 5:15 Ontario Lawyers Weekly, page 20

"Courts giving Liberal Rules Interpretations" [The New Civil Procedure] (1985), 5:3 Ontario Lawyers Weekly, page 12

"Caselaw Moving from Transitional to New Issues" [The New Civil Procedure] (1985), 4:19 Ontario Lawyers Weekly, page 12


Miscellaneous / Updates

Introduction of Robert Byman of Jenner & Block LLP at the 17thth Annual Spring Symposium, The Advocates' Society, April 2018

Introduction of Christy D. Jones of Butler Snow LLP at the 14th Annual Spring Symposium, The Advocates' Society, May 2015

Securities Litigation Update: "OSC Proposes New Whistleblower Program, with Financial Awards" (with Alan P. Gardner, Usman M. Sheikh, Jonathan Ip and James T. McClary), Bennett Jones February 2015

Introduction of the Honourable Justice William J. Kayatta, Jr. of U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at the 13th Annual Spring Symposium, The Advocates' Society, May 2014

Class Actions Update: "The Test for Leave under Part XXIII.1: Ambiguity Remains" (with Michael A. Eizenga and Jonathan A. Bell), Bennett Jones August 2013

Introduction of Canadian Supreme Court Justice Andromache Karakatsanis as Honorary Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Naples (2013)

Commercial Litigation Update: "Not on the Rink in My Backyard" (with April D. Grosse and Sheena L. Owens), Bennett Jones May 2013

Introduction of Earl Silbert of DLA Piper at the 12th Annual Spring Symposium, The Advocates' Society, April 26, 2013

Class Action Litigation Update: "There is a Border in Cross-Border Proceedings - NASDAQ Purchasers Excluded from Ontario Class in IMAX" (with Jonathan G. Bell and Eric R. Hoaken), Bennett Jones April 2013

Commercial Litigation Update: "Avoiding Self-Incrimination in Canada - The Overlap of Criminal and Civil Proceedings Has a New Frontier" (with Ranjan K. Agarwal and Stephen N.

Libin), Bennett Jones December 2012

"Conversation with Justice Moldaver" with Jeffrey Leon and David W. Scott as Interlocutors, The American College of Trial Lawyers 2012 Annual Meeting, New York, October 20, 2012

Introduction of Greg Joseph, 11th Annual Spring Symposium – The Practical Advocate: Achieving Excellence in Advocacy, The Advocates' Society and the American College of Trial Lawyers, May 2012

Class Actions Update: "Regulatory Settlements and Class Proceedings: The Ontario Court of Appeal Closes the Door, but is a Window Still Open?" (with Michael E. Eizenga and Preet K. Bell), Bennett Jones January 2012

Commercial Litigation Update: "The Court of Appeal Clarifies Ontario's Summary Judgment Rule" (with Ranjan K. Agarwal and Stephen Libin), Bennett Jones December 2011

"Advocacy in International Arbitration – Different Cultural and Procedural Approaches" Mock Arbitration, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, August 2011

Commercial Litigation Update: "Round II to the Provinces: Quebec Court of Appeal Rejects Canadian Securities Act as Unconstitutional" (with Ranjan K. Agarwal, Preet K. Bell and Scott H. D. Bower), Bennett Jones March 2011

Commercial Litigation Update: "Round I to the Provinces: Alberta Court of Appeal Rejects Canadian Securities Act as Unconstitutional" (with Ranjan K. Agarwal, Preet K. Bell and Scott H. D. Bower), Bennett Jones March 2011

Class Actions Update: "Leave and Certification for Secondary Market Securities Class Action: Defendants are Still on Thin Ice" (with Jonathan G. Bell and Eric R. Hoaken), Bennett Jones March 2011

Class Actions Update: "Class Actions and Regulatory Proceedings: The Court Giveth and the Court Taketh Away" (with Preet K. Bell and Michael A. Eizenga), Bennett Jones March 2011

"IMAX and Securities Class Actions Involving the Secondary Market: The Big Picture is Still Not Clear" (with Preet K. Bell), Bennett Jones March 2011

"Reducing Risks of Directors and Officers in Securities Class Action Litigation: A Refresher" (with Jonathan G. Bell), Bennett Jones December 2010

"In Memoriam: Claude R. Thomson, Q.C." (2011), 29(4), The Advocates' Journal, 26

"What's the Difference between me and you?", Luncheon Address – Canadian Institute's 11th Annual National Forum on Class Actions Litigation, September 28-29, 2010 (Toronto)

"In Memoriam: A Tribute to Justice Stephen Borins" (2009), 28(2), The Advocates' Journal, 25 "An Open Letter" (2009), The Advocates' E-Brief

Introduction of Ontario Chief Justice Warren Winkler, American College of Trial Lawyers Annual Meeting, September 2008, Reprinted in part in (2009), 61 (Spring) The Bulletin 44

Guest Instructor, Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop, Osgoode Professional Development, 2008 (and other years)

Counsel, 2008 Moot Court, Commercial Bar Association (UK), Berlin, 2008

"Introduction to Keynote Speaker", Spring Symposium 2007 - Doing Justice to Your Case: Excellence in Advocacy, The Advocates' Society and American College of Trial Lawyers, May 2007

"Responding to the Needs of Unrepresented Litigants: A Call to Action", Pro Bono Law Bulletin,

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, May 2006

"Proving Due Diligence" A Practical Guide to Ontario Secondary Market Liability Regime,

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, November 2005

"When is a House a Home?" (2004), 15:7 The Advocates' E-Brief 1 "The Final Thank You" (2004), 15:8 The Advocates' E-Brief 1

"The Danier Leather Case" (with Tracy A. Pratt), Securities Litigation Bulletin, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, June 2004

"The Judicial Appointment Process: Time May Not Be on Our Side" (2004), 15:6 The Advocates'

E-Brief 1

"Rethinking How We Litigate to Ensure we Continue to Litigate" (2004), 15:5 The Advocates'

E-Brief 1

"Introduction", The Advocates' Society: A History of Its First 40 Years, The Advocates' Society 2004

"Introduction" Report of The Advocates' Society Task Force on Advocacy, The Advocates' Society, 2004

"The Supreme Court of Canada Rules of Directors Duties" (with Sarah Armstrong), Securities Litigation Bulletin, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, December 2004

"Introductory Remarks", Spring Symposium on Advocacy: The Art of Persuasion, The American College of Trial Lawyers and The Advocates' Society, April 2004

"Corporate Governance", Current Litigation Issues: Practical Litigation Knowledge to Meet Your Business Needs, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, May 2004

"Closing Remarks", Fall Convention, The Advocates' Society, November 2003

"Class Actions in Canada - A Cross-Border Perspective" (with Laura Cooper) Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, October 2003

"A Win-Win-Strategy for Corporate and Outside Counsel: Collaboration and Business Discipline in Providing Legal Services" (with Roxanne McCormick, Douglas Scott and Howard Kaufman),

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, August 2003

"Recent Developments in Public Company Litigation: Corporate Governance, Oppression and Class Actions" (with Sarah J. Armstrong and Rikin Moraria), Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, June 2003

"Whatever Happened to the Long Vacation?" (2003), 15:2 The Advocates' Brief 4

"The Hague and International Justice: Living Vicariously Through Lawyers Who Have Made A Difference" (2003), 15:3 The Advocates' Brief 1

"Remarkable Advocates: Honouring our Heroes" (2003), 15:4 The Advocates' E-Brief 1

"Creating Opportunities for Advocacy and Preserving the Adversarial Tradition" (2003), 15:1 The Advocates' Brief 1

"Contribution to The Mentoring Task Force - An Advocate's Guide to Good Mentoring", The Advocates' Society, 2002

"Securities Law and Class Proceedings in Canada: Some Promise, Some Delivery" (with David A. Hausman and Heather C. Devine), Class Action Proceedings: Certification is Just a Motion Away, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, February 2001

"Are your Business Clients Organized Criminals? We Don't Think So" (with Karen Hauser) (2001), 12:6 The Advocates' Brief 1

"Administrative Justice and the Ontario Securities Commission: Balancing Fairness with the Fifth Estate" (2000), 12:2 The Advocates' Brief 1

"Yet Another: Top 10 List…" (1999), 11:5 The Advocates' Brief 1

Long Civil Trials Task Force Report, The Advocates' Society, July 1998

Introduction of Speaker, The Distinguished Wilson Abernethy Lecture by Professor John Hagan,

Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, 1997

"Final Report of the Civil Litigation Task Force" (with Arthur M. Gans and Paul F. Morrison), The Advocates' Society, December 1995

"Demonstration of (Direct) Examination and Cross-Examination of the Defendant's Expert", Winning Advocacy Skills (3rd Edition), Canadian Bar Association, Young Lawyers and Notaries Conference, Toronto, 1994

"Understanding the Litigation Process" (Part II) (with Brian A. Facey) Rosenthal & Zaretsky Tax Letter 1993

"Understanding the Litigation Process" (Part I) (with Brian A. Facey) Rosenthal & Zaretsky Tax Letter 1993

"Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies Law of Informed Consent to Medical Treatment" (1993), 8 The Fasken Monitor 12

"Ontario Court Interprets Non-Call for Financial Advantage Clause to Permit Redemption of Debentures", Securities and Public Transactions Bulletin, Fasken Campbell Godfrey, September 1993

"Court Renders Decision in New Quebec Raglan Mines Limited Case: Fair Value of Dissenter's Shares, Securities and Public Transactions Bulletin, Fasken Campbell Godfrey, September 1993

"Recent Decisions Dealing with Hospital Privileges" (1992) 6 The Fasken Monitor 15

"Statutory Arrangements in the Courts: The Canadian Pacific Case and Beyond", Securities and Public Transactions Bulletin, Fasken Campbell Godfrey, February 1991

"Custody", Family Law Practice Notes, Law Society of Upper Canada, Bar Admission Course, 1980-81

"Representation of Children in Family Court Proceedings", Family Law Practice Notes, Bar Admission Course, Law Society of Upper Canada 1979-80 and 1980-81

"The Lawyer and Section 20 of the Child Welfare Act, 1978: Problems and Prospects" Independent Representation for Children, Child Representation Program, Office of the Official Guardian, Ministry of the Attorney General, 1979

"Prescriptions to the Elderly in a Family Practice" (with Ruth Cooperstock), Non-Medical Use of Drugs Directorate Health and Welfare Canada, 1978

"Legal Representation of Children in Selected Court Proceedings: The Capacity of Children to Retain Legal Counsel", Report No. 1 of the Centre for Urban and Community Studies, The Child in the City Program, University of Toronto, 1978

"Readings and Materials on Drug Use and Crime", Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 1978

"Aspects of Consent to Medical Treatment: Doctors, Drugs and the Elderly", Non-Medical Use of Drugs Directorate Health and Welfare Canada, 1976

"A Selected Bibliography", The Child and the Courts (Preliminary Edition), The Programme on Family Law and Social Welfare, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, 1976

"The Oshawa Drug Study: Frequency and Patterns of Drug Use Among Young People in Oshawa", Addiction Research Foundation 1975

"Drug Related Deaths in Metropolitan Toronto 1973", Non-Medical Use of Drugs Directorate Health and Welfare Canada, 1975; Addiction Research Foundation, 1975

Recent Recognitions

  • Chambers Canada
    Ranked, Litigation: General Commercial - Ontario and Dispute Resolution: Class Actions (Defence)
    Chambers Global The World's Leading Lawyers for Business
    Ranked, Dispute Resolution: Canada

    The Legal 500 Canada
    Leading Lawyer, Dispute Resolution: Ontario
  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
    Most Frequently Recommended, Litigation - Corporate Commercial
    Consistently Recommended, Litigation - Directors' & Officers' Liability, Class Actions, Litigation - Securities
    Repeatedly Recommended, Commercial Arbitration; Litigation - Commercial Insurance; Litigation - Product Liability; Litigation - Regulatory and Public Law; and Professional Liability
  • Best Lawyers in Canada
    Recognized in the areas of Bet-the-Company Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Director and Officer Liability Practice; Legal Malpractice Law; Securities Law
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  • Expert Guides The Best of the Best
    Recognized as one of Canada's Top 60 litigators
  • Benchmark Litigation: Canada
    Hall of Fame
    Recognized as one of the Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada
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  • LexisNexis Martindale- Hubbell
    AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
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    Recognized as one of Canada's leading cross-border litigators
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List Cases

Jeffrey S. Leon

Lipson v. Lipson, 2020 ONSC 1324

Re JTI-Macdonald Corp., 2019 ONSC 2611

Re JTI-Macdonald Corp., 2019 ONSC 2222

Clyde Bergemann Canada Ltd. v. Lorneville Mechanical Contractors Ltd., 2018 NSCA 14

British Columbia v. Philip Morris International, Inc., 2018 SCC 36

Castillo v. Xela Enterprises Ltd. et al., 2016 ONSC 6088

Allen v. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, 2016 ONSC 5895

Sheikh v. Pearl, 2016 ONCA 523 (Ont. C.A.)

Ashar v Irving Oil Limited, 2016 ABCA 15

Margarita Castillo v. Xela Enterprises Ltd. et al., 2015 ONSC 7978

Canadian National Railway Company v. Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 2015 ONSC 6843

Receiver Reliance Insurance Company, 2015 ONSC 7489 Margarita Castillo v. Xela Enterprises Ltd. et al., 2015 ONSC 6671 Akagi v. Synergy Group (2000) Inc., 2015 ONCA 771

Energy Fundamentals Group Inc. v. Veresen Inc., 2015 ONSC 692

Akagi v. Synergy Group (2000) Inc., 2015 ONCA 368; 125 O.R. (3d) 401 Margarita Castillo v. Xela Enterprises Ltd., et al., 2014 ONSC 4046 (Ont. S.C.J.) Growthworks Canadian Fund Ltd. (Re), 2014 ONSC 2253 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Magill v. Expedia, Inc., 2014 ONSC 2073 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Growthworks Canadian Fund Ltd. (Re), 2014 ONSC 1856 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Magill v. Expedia, Inc., 2014 ONSC 1634 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Magill v Expedia, Inc., 2014 ONSC 642 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Xela Enterprises Ltd. et al v Margarita Castillo et al, 2013 ONSC 6527 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Teva v Novartis Pharmaceuticals, [2013] FCA 244 Magill v Expedia, Inc., 2013 ONSC 3273 (Ont. S.C.J.) Gledhill v LeDonne, 2013 ONSC 2987 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. v Teva Canada Limited, 2013 FC 283

Magill v Expedia Inc. (2013), 36 C.P.C. (7th) 74 (Ont. S.C.J.)

A.B. v Bragg Communications Inc., [2012] S.C.C. 46

Mendlowitz v Chiang (Trial) 2012 ONSC 3922 (Ont. S.C.J.) BlackRock v Metcalfe & Mansfield, 2012 ONSC 4081 (Ont. S.C.J.) Silver v IMAX, 2012 ONSC 4064 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Silver v IMAX (2012), 110 O.R. (3d) 425 (Ont. S.C.J.)

BTR Global Opportunity Trading Limited v RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust, 2012 ONSC 1868 (Ont. S.C.C.)

Dobbie v Arctic Glacier Income Fund, 2012 ONSC 773 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Barclays Bank PLC v Devonshire Trust (Trustee of) (2011), 93 B.L.R. (4th) 205 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Computershare Trust Company of Canada v Crystallex International Corporation, 2011 ONSC 5748 (Ont. S.C.J.)

BTR v RBC Dexia, et al. and LBIE, 2011 ONCA 620 (Ont. C.A.)

R. v Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., [2011] S.C.C. 42; (2011), 335 DLR (4th) 513 (S.C.C.)

Dobbie & Benson v Arctic Glacier Income Fund, et al. 2011 ONSC 25 (Ont. S.C.J.)

BTR Global Opportunity Trading Limited, et al. v RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust, et al., 2011 ONCA, 518 (Ont. C.A.)

BTR v RBC Dexia, et al. and LBIE, 2011 ONSC 316 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Mendlowitz v Chiang (Funding), 2011 ONSC 5790 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Mendlowitz v Chiang (Admission of Evidence), 2011 ONSC 2344 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Mendlowitz v Chiang (Unpaid Court Costs), 2011 ONSC 2228 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Mendlowitz v Chiang (Res Judicata), 2011 ONSC 1989 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Mendlowitz v Chiang (Security for Costs & Security to Support Undertaking), [2011] 16 C.P.C. (7th) 379 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Mendlowitz v Chiang (2011), (Winner & Huang’s Legal Fees #2), 2011 ONSC 760 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Mendlowitz v Chiang (motion for adjournment; C. Chiang’s motion to amend), 2010 ONSC 6986 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Mendlowitz v Chiang (motions re payment of legal fees; return of US$460,000 & setting aside interlocutory declaratory order), 2010 ONSC 6102 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Mendlowitz v Chiang (costs re contempt motion), 2010 ONSC 4843 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Mendlowitz v Chiang (contempt motion), 2010 ONSC 2551 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Magill v Expedia Canada Corporation and Expedia.ca, 2010 ONSC 5247 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Aronowicz and E.F.C. Enterprises Ltd. v Emtwo Properties Inc. (2010), 98 O.R. (3d) 641; 64 B.L.R. (4th) 163; 316 D.L.R. (4th) 621 (Ont. C.A.)

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP v Minister of National Revenue, [2010] Fed. Ct. January 18, 2010

Mendlowitz & Associates Inc., Korea Data Systems (USA) Inc. v Chiang and Winner International Group Ltd., [2009] O.J. No. 3857 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Charles Trust (Trustee of) v Atlas Cold Storage Holdings Inc. (2009), 311 D.L.R. (4th) 323; 78 76

C.P.C. (6th) 208 (Ont. CA.)

Re JTI-MacDonald Corp., [2009] O.J. No. 4534 (Ont. S.C.J.)

In the Matter of Research in Motion Limited, et al, (2009), 32 OSCB 4434 (May 21, 2009)

Aronowicz and E.F.C. Enterprises Ltd. v Emtwo Properties Inc., et al. (2009), 96 O.R. (3d) 510; 61 B.L.R. (4th) 183 (Ont. S.C.J.)

BTR Global Opportunity Trading Ltd. et al v RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust, [2009] O.J. No. 5586 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Barclays Bank PLC v Metcalfe & Mansfield Alternative Investments VII Corp., et al., [2009] O.J.

Paul Lawrence, et al. v Atlas Cold Storage, et al., [2009] O.J. No. 4271 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Re Manulife Securities Investment Services Inc. (formerly known as Manulife Securities International Ltd.) (2008), Mutual Fund Dealers Association

Manulife Securities International Ltd. v Société Générale et al., [2009] O.J. No. 77 (Ont. S.C.)

BTR Global Opportunity Trading Ltd. et al. v RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust, [2008] O.J. No. 4578 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Gouveia v Encon Group Inc. et al., [2008] O.N.C.A. 745

ATB Financial v Metcalfe & Mansfield Alternative Investments II Corp. (2008), 47 B.L.R. (4th) 74 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Re Metcalfe & Mansfield Alternative Investments II Corp. et al. (2008), 92 O.R. (3d) 513; 296

D.L.R. (4th) 135; 47 B.L.R. (4th) 123 (Ont. C.A.)

Re Metcalfe & Mansfield Alternative Investments II Corp. et al., [2008] O.J. No. 2265 (Ont. S.C.J.)

ATB Financial v Metcalfe & Mansfield Alternative Investments II Corp. (2008), 46 B.L.R. (4th) 131 (Ont. S.C.J.)

ATB Financial v Metcalfe & Mansfield Alternative Investments II Corp. (2008), 45 B.L.R. (4th) 213 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Manulife Securities International Ltd. v Société Générale et al., [2008] O.J. No. 1698 (Ont. Div Ct.)

Manulife Securities International Ltd. v Société Générale et al. (2008), 90 O.R. (3d) 377 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Stelco Inc. (Re) (2007), 32 B.L.R. (4th) 77 (Ont. C.A.)

Portus Alternative Asset Management Inc. (Re), (2007), 88 O.R. (3d) 313 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Aronowicz v Aronowicz, [2007] O.J. No. 295 (Ont. S.C.J.)

The Manulife Life Insurance Company v Ward, et al. (2007), 288 D.L.R. (4th) 733; 288 D.L.R. (4th) 733; 56 C.C.L.I. (4th) 2; 235 O.A.C. 325 (Ont. C.A.)

Ventas, Inc. et al. v Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust et al (2007), 85 O.R. (3d) 254; 29 B.L.R. (4th) 312 (Ont. C.A.)

Aronowicz et al v Aronowicz et al (2007), 84 O.R. (3d) 428 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Ferring Inc. v Canada (Minister of Health); Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc. v Canada (Minister of Health) (2007), 60 C.P.R. (4th) 273 (F.C.A.)

Ferring Inc. v Canada (Minister of Health) (2007), 55 C.P.R. (4th) 271; [2008] 1 F.C.R. 19 (F.C.)

T.F. v General Manager of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan et al, [2006] O.J. 4357 (Ont. Div Ct.)

1465778 Ontario Inc. v Cavalieri (2006), 82 O.R. (3d) 757 (Ont. C.A.)

Ivaco Inc. (Re) (2006), 83 O.R. (3d) 108 (Ont. C.A.); 275 D.L.R. (4th) 132; 26 B.L.R. (4th) 43 (Ont. C.A.)

Lawrence et al v Altas Cold Storage et al, [2006] O.J. No. 3770 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Ontario Securities Commission v Portus Alternative Asset Management Inc. et al (2006), 19

C.B.R. (5th) 17 (Ont. S.C.J.)

United Grain Growers v Commissioner of Competition, 2006 Comp. Trib. 24 United Grain Growers v Commissioner of Competition, 2006 Comp. Trib 25 In the Matter of Financial Models Company Inc. (2005), 28 O.S.C.B. 2184 BNY Capital Corp. v Katotakis, [2005] O.J. No. 813 (Ont. S.C.J.)

BNY Capital Corp. v Katotakis, [2005] O.J. No. 640 (Ont. C.A.)

Shoppers Trust Corp. (Liquidator of) v Shoppers Trust Co. (2005), 4 O.R. (3d) 652; 251 D.L.R. (4th) 315 (Ont. C.A.)

Stelco Inc. (Re), [2005] O.J. 802 (Ont. C.A.)

Stelco Inc. (Re) (2005), 75 O.R. (3d) 5; 253 D.L.R. (4th) 109 (Ont. C.A.)

Ivaco Inc. (Re) (2005), 12 C.B.R. (5th) 213 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Ivaco Inc. (Re), [2005] O.J. 3325 (Ont. S.C.J.)

R. v Gouveia, [2005] O.J. 5740 (Ont. C.J.)

R. v Gouveia, [2005] CarswellOnt. 5173 (Ont. C.J.)

Golden Star Resources Ltd. v IAMGOLD Corporation, [2004] O.J. No. 2869 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Stelco Inc. (Re), [2004] O.J. 4382, 4383 and 4937 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Dupont Canada Inc. v Canada, [2003] S.C.C.A. 18 (S.C.C.) Gariepy v Shell Oil Co. et al, [2003] O.J. 2490 (Ont. S.C.J.) Gariepy v Shell Oil et al, [2002] O.J. 2766 (Ont. S.C.J.) Gariepy v Shell Oil et al, [2002] O.J. 4022 (Ont. S.C.J.)

In the Matter of Yorkton Securities et al, [2002] O.S.C.B.

Noldin et al v Prince et al, [2001] O.J. 3402 (Ont. S.C.J.)

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool v 1037619 Ontario Inc. et al (2001), 39 R.P.R. (3d) 196 (Ont. C.A.)

DuPont Canada Inc. v Canada, [2001] F.C.J. 557 (Fed. C.A.) Akimbo Hotel Corp. v Noldin, [2001] O.J. 230 (Ont. S.C.J.) NBD Bank, Canada v Dofasco Inc. [2000] S.C.C.A. 96 (S.C.C.)

Thunder Bay (City) v 1013951 Ontario Ltd. (2000), 32 R.P.R. (3d) 63 (Ont. S. Ct.) Gazit (1997) Inc. v Centrefund Realty Corp. (2000), 8 B.L.R. (3d) 81 (Ont. S. Ct. - C.L.) Gariepy et al v Shell Oil Company et al (2000), 51 O.R. (3d) 181 (Ont. S. Ct.)

Bloor Italian Gifts et al v Dixon et al (2000), 48 O.R. (2d) 760 (Ont. C.A.) Saskatchewan Wheat Pool v 1037619 Ontario Inc. et al, [2000] O.J. 4569 (Ont. S. Ct.) In the Matter of R.T. Capital et al, [2000] O.S.C.B.

Bloor Italian Gifts Ltd. v Dixon, [1999] O.J. 1934 (Ont. C.A.)

Bloor Italian Gifts Ltd. v Dixon, [1999] O.J. 2493 (Ont. Div Ct.)

NBD Bank, Canada v Dofasco Inc. (1999), 46 O.R. (3d) 514 (Ont. C.A.)

In the Matter of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment Ltd. et al, [1999] O.S.C.B.

Noldin et al v Prince et al, [1998] O.J. 2489 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.)

Shoom v Bank of Nova Scotia, [1998] O.J. 718 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.-C.L.)

Krop v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (1997), 47 Admin L.R. 149 (Ont. Div Ct.) NDB Bank v Dofasco Inc. (1997), 34 B.L.R. (2d) 209 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.-C.L.)

Armstrong World Industries Inc. v Arcand (1997), 36 B.L.R. 171 (Ont. Ct.-Gen.Div.-C.L.)

Ballard et al v Stavro et al (1997), 10 C.P.C. (4th) 114 (Ont. Ct.-Gen.Div.-C.L.)

Ballard et al v Stavro et al, [1997] O.J. 3577 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.-C.L.)

Bloor Italian Gifts et al v Dixon et al, [1997] O.J. 3088 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.)

New Quebec Raglan Mines Ltd. v Blok-Anderson et al, [1997] O.J. 2222 (Ont. C.A.)

Noldin et al v Prince et al, [1997] O.J. 575 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.)

Dupont Canada Inc. v Wood Gundy Inc., [1997] O.J. 301 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.-C.L.)

In the Matter of David Bainsdale et al, [1997] O.S.C.B.

Ontario Hydro v Corporation of Tower of Ajax et al, [1996] O.J. 3411 (Ont. Ct.-Gen.Div.) Ontario (Attorney General) v Ballard Estate et al, [1996] O.J. 919 (Ont. Ct.-Gen.Div.-C.L.) Maxwell v MLG Ventures Limited et al (1996), 30 O.R. (3d) 304 (Ont. Ct.-Gen. Div.)

Canadian Newspapers Company Limited v Kansa General Insurance Company Ltd. et al (1996), 30 O.R. (3d) 257 (Ont. C.A.)

Ontario (Attorney General) v Ballard Estate et al (1995), 44 C.P.C. (3d) 98 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.-C.L.)

Maxwell v MLG Ventures, Ltd. (1995), 40 C.P.C. (3d) 304 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.)

Ontario (Attorney General) v Ballard Estate, [1995] O.J. 1854 (Ont. C.T.-Gen.Div.-C.L.)

Maxwell v MLG Ventures Ltd. (1995), 7 C.C.L.S. 155 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.)

Attorney General of Ontario et al v Stavro et al (1995), 26 O.R. (3d) 39 (Ont. C.A.)

Hamilton Marine & Engineering Ltd. v CSL Group Inc., [1995] F.C.J. 739 (Fed. Ct. T.D.)

Ontario (Attorney General) v Ballard Estate (1995) 38 C.P.C. (3d) 81 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.-C.L.)

Dolansky v L'Association des chirurgiens-dentists du Quebec (1994), 17 O.R. (3d) 817; 69 O.A.C. 356; 15 B.L.R. (2d) 124; 22 C.C.L.I. (2d) 280; [1994] I.L.R. para. 1-3401 at 2760

Re Lac Minerals Ltd. and Royal Oak Mines Inc. (1994), 17 O.S.C.B. 4946

Dufferin-Finch Investments v J.D.S. Investments Ltd., et al, [1994] O.J. 3100 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.-C.L.)

Canadian National Railway Co. (C.N.R.) v Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre Corp., [1994] O.J. 1149 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.-C.L.)

Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. v Dofasco Inc. (1993), 9 B.L.R. (2d) 203 (Ont. Gen.Div.-C.L.)

New Quebec Raglan Mines Ltd. v Blok-Anderson (1993), 9 B.L.R. (2d) 93 (Ont. Gen.Div.-C.L.)

Executive Council of Canadian Dental Association v Association des Chirugiens-Dentistes du Quebec, [1992] O.J. 2794 (Ont. C.J.-Gen.Div.-C.L.)

Organ v Barnett (1992), O.R. (3d) 210 (Ont.Gen.Div.)

Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. v St. Lawrence Cement Inc. (1992), 89 D.L.R. (4th) 722 (Ont. C.A.)

Dynapro Equipment Ltd. v Larcon Electric and Machinery Corp., [1992] O.J. 875 (Ont. C.J. Gen. Div.)

Vilela Estate v Amber Foods Ltd. (1991), 5 O.R. (3d) 124 (Ont. Gen. Div.)

New Quebec Raglan Mines Limited v Blok-Anderson (1991), 4 B.L.R. (2d) 71 (Ont. Gen. Div.)

Canadian Newspapers Co. v Kansa General Insurance Co. (1991), 1 C.P.C. (3d) 16 (Ont. Gen. Div.)

Re Canadian Pacific Ltd. (1990), 72 O.R. (2d) 545; 68 D.L.R. (4th) 9; 47 B.L.R. 1 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Re Canadian Pacific Ltd. (1990), 73 O.R. (2d) 212; 70 D.L.R. (4th) 349; 48 B.L.R. 252 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Nicholson v John Deere Ltd. (1989), 68 O.R. (2d) 191; 57 D.L.R. (4th) 639 (Ont. C.A.) Montgomery v Scholl-Plough Canada Inc. (1989), 70 O.R. (2d) 385 (Ont. H.C.J.) Gow v Gow (1989), 67 O.R. (2d) 443 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Angus v Angus Estate (1989), 35 E.T.R. 170 (Ont. H.C.J.)

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. et al v Dofasco Inc. et al (1989), 38 C.P.C. (2d) 48 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. v St. Lawrence Cement Inc. et al (1989), 28 C.P.C. (2d) 270 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Shell Canada Ltd. et al v St. Lawrence Seaway Authority and 10 other actions (1987), 58 O.R. (2d) 437; 36 D.L.R. (4th) 304 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Re Irvine et al and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission et al, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 181; (1987), 41

D.L.R. (4th) 429); 74 N.R. 33; 24 Admin L.R. 91; 34 C.C.C. (3d) 481; 15 C.P.R. (3d) 289

Algoma Central Railway v The Queen in Right of Canada (1987), 7 W.D.C.P. 153 (Fed. Ct. T.D.) Q et al v Minto Management Ltd. et al (1986), 57 O.R. (2d) 781; 34 D.L.R. (4th) 767n (Ont. C.A.) Re Aluminum Co. of Canada, Ltd. and The Queen in Right of Ontario; Dofasco Inc., Intervenor

(1986), 55 O.R. (2d) 522; 29 D.L.R. (4th) 583; 16 O.A.C. 14; 19 Admin L.R. 192; 1 C.E.L.R.

(N.S.) 1; 25 C.R.R. 50 (Ont. Div Ct.)

Barbieri et al v Gargaro et al, [1986] O.L.R.B. Rep. 329

Nicholson v John Deere Ltd. (1986), 58 O.R. (2d) 53; 34 D.L.R. (4th) 542 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Brown v Waterloo Regional Board of Commissioners of Police (No. 2) (1985), 52 O.R. (2d) 300; 21 D.L.R. (4th) 670; 10 O.A.C. 311 (Ont. Div Ct.)

Benner et al v HLS York Developments Ltd. (1985), 52 O.R. (2d) 243; 21 D.L.R. (4th) 652 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Re Brown and Waterloo Regional Board of Commissioners of Police (1985), 50 O.R. (2d) 395; 17

D.L.R. (4th) 113; 7 O.A.C. 51; 10 Admin L.R. 1 (Ont. Div Ct.)

Re Brown and Waterloo Regional Board of Commissioners of Police (1985), 12 Admin L.R. xxxvii

Riverside Landmark Corporation v Northumberland General Insurance Co. (1985), 48 C.P.C. 178 (Ont. S.Ct., Master)

Nufort Resources Inc. et al v Eustace et al (1985), 29 B.L.R. 282 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Nufort Resources Inc. et al v Eustace et al (1985), 2 W.D.C.P. 408 (Ont. St. Ct., Master)

Safeway Products Inc. v Andico Manufacturing Ltd. et al (1985), 8 C.P.R. (2d) 307 (Ont. C.A.)

Hayter & Scandrett Ltd. v Deutsche Ost.-Afrika-Linie G.m.b.H. et al (1985), 50 C.P.C. 194 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Tam v Board of Directors of St. Joseph's Health Centre et al (1985) 10 O.A.C. 286 (Ont. Div Ct.)

Poole v International Union of Elevator Constructors, [1984] O.L.R.B. Rep. 856

Sawyer et al v Fosco et al, [1984] O.J. 324 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Riverside Landmark Corporation v Northumberland General Insurance (1984), 8 C.C.L.I. 118 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Savarin Ltd. v Imbrook Properties Ltd. et al, [1984] O.J. 140 (Ont. C.A.)

Brown v Waterloo Regional Board of Commissioners of Police (1983), 43 O.R. (2d) 113; 150

D.L.R. (3d) 729; 4 Admin L.R. 113; 23 B.L.R. 41; 2 C.C.E.L. 7 (Ont. C.A.)

Canada (Minister of National Revenue-M.N.R.) v Ensite Ltd., [1983] F.C.J. No. 606 and 607; 83

D.T.C. 5315 (Fed. C.A.)

Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. v Algobay (The), [1983] F.C.J. No. 126 (Fed. Ct.-T.D.)

Hayter & Scandrett Ltd. v Deutsche Ost.-Afrika Lini G.m.b.H. et al (1983), 39 C.P.C. 38 (Ont. S.Ct., Master)

Canada Crescent Corp. v Bank of Montreal, [1982] O.J. 733 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Card v Imbrook Properties Ltd. (1982), 23 R.P.R. 235 (Ont. Co. Ct.)

R. v Landsdowne, [1982] O.J. 1955 (Ont. C.A.)

R. v Sas, [1982] O.J. 93 (Ont. C.A.)

Charles A. Hare Ltd. et al v Payn et al (1982), 42 C.B.R. 284; 18 B.L.R. 209 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Brown v Waterloo Regional Board of Commissioners of Police (1982), 37 O.R. (2d) 277; 136

D.L.R. (3d) 49; 17 B.L.R. 299 (Ont. H.C.J.)

Re Irvine et al and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission et al, [1982] 1 F.C. 72; (1981), 56

C.P.R. (2d) 83 (Fed. Ct. T.D.)

Re Irvine et al and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission et al, [1982] 2 F.C. 500; (1981), 132

D.L.R. (3d) 323; 41 N.R. 375; 65 C.C.C. (2d) 108; 26 C.P.C. 160; 62 C.P.R. (2d) 1 (Fed. C.A.)

Manza v The Queen, [1981] 2 S.C.R. 131 (S.C.C.)

Canada (Minister of National Revenue-M.N.R.) v Ensite Ltd., [1981] C.T.C. 445; [1981] 81 D.T.C. 5326 (Fed. Ct. T.D.)

Siametis et al v Trojan Horse (Burlington) Inc. et al (1981), 32 O.R. (2d) 782; (1981), 123 D.L.R. (3d) 767 (Ont. C.A.)

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